I want to do photorealistic renderings. Shadows and reflections are a very nice touch. I want a manufacturer to be able to make the parts from the drawing files.

I want to be able to put these renderings and files online before I have made or received any payment.

I subscribe to the general idea that the project is not commercial before I receive any customer payments. I want to identify software that could be licensed under the terms of "Pay & Convert to Commercial License after KickStarter Funds"

I do have an educational license of a well known product, but the licensing approval is taking a bit of time, and I want to have Plan 2 handy. I would appr

I myself am not particularly sensitive to the cost of the license, as it will be paid out of KickStarter, but if other things are equal, I would go with a product that the community seems to desire.

]]>amcintosh2012-09-30T20:17:21-00:00Re: Kickstarter Friendly CAD Licensinghttp://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=54678&th=11018#msg_54678
Did you realise that your models are currently available to be downloaded free?
If you want a free cad program try http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/
]]>JACANT2012-09-30T20:52:56-00:00Re: Kickstarter Friendly CAD Licensinghttp://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=54680&th=11018#msg_54680
I hoped to be able to let people print them at 0 markup, but that seems to be an unresolved licensing issue with Autodesk Inventor, so I disabled printing.

Thanks for the link, I'm looking over that sight now.
]]>amcintosh2012-09-30T21:02:22-00:00Re: Kickstarter Friendly CAD Licensinghttp://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=54687&th=11018#msg_54687
I have followed the links contained in FreeCAD to http://hof.povray.org/ to see what the Point of View renderer is capable of. Oh, my...I'm in love.
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